Modern cars are much more complex than cars built twenty or thirty years ago. Manufacturers build advanced cars and include more and more accessories and features in their cars, and all these features are based on electricity to run. In addition, in some cases, people install after market accessories into their cars (such as more powerful audio systems) and it should come to no surprise that a car’s battery is very heavily loaded.
Many people have misconceptions about hybrid car batteries: “You don’t want a hybrid ’cause every couple days you’ve gotta plug them in somewhere to recharge the batteries.”
But interestingly enough, many hybrid car owners actually would like the ability to plug in their vehicles at night. This way, they can use that much less gasoline; the gas engine part of the hybrid would now need to run that much less when they made theit Read more »
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car | admin August 28, 2009 | 
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A car’s battery is under very much stress in modern vehicles. It’s true that the engineering of more powerful batteries evolved, but more and more electrical systems and devices are added to a car. Besides the heavier load on them, other circumstances can affect your battery’s performance. Things such excessive heat, which can lead to the evaporation of the battery fluid (you should remember that operating your car’s battery in conditions Read more »
